Portable travel lock



March 11, 1969 JIL S ORRELL 3,432,199

PORTABLE TRAVEL LOCK Filed May 22, 1967 United States Patent 1 ClaimABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A mechanism for bolt-locking hingeddoors'consisting of an essentially rectangular fiat plate withstruck-out center portions in opposite ends bent to form a right anglewith the late and having an inverted-V slot in the plate, positionedcentrally between struck-out portions, with a slidable abutment memberpositioned in the slot and extending at a right angle to the plate, withone of the struck-out portions inserted in the hole in a latchstriker-plate when the door is closed and with the slidable abutmentmember positioned in the slot to abut the door solidly and prevent thedoor from being opened.

My invention relates to a removable and portable auxiliary keylessdoor-locking or closure-securing device and an important object of myinvention is to provide a simple inexpensive, lightweight, nonmarring,efiicient easilyoperable and durable lock which may be carried by atraveler and applied with equal ease and facility, and positive lockingeffect, to doors of all materials, of thick and thin construction, rightand/ or left-hand swing, doors hung in jambs and casings of wood ormetal, with or without trim, and, being so applied, will hold such doortight and secure against being forced Open from the outside.

I accomplish the above objects by means of the device described hereinand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of my improved keyless lock in place on a dooropening, with closure in place and secured.

FIGURE 2 is a flat or side view of my invention.

FIGURE 3 is an end view of my invention, showing Two (2) hooks extendingfrom one side of body or plate, a riveted sliding abutment memberextending from the opposite side of body or plate.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates flat rectangular plate, or bodyof the device, of metal or other rigid material, 'with center portionsof both narrower ends slitted and bent to form lugs, or books 2 whichextend at approximately a right angle to said plate 1 or body of thedevice. Slot 3, of inverted V-shape, is positioned in the center ofplate 1, between said hooks, and a sliding abutment member A,permanently attached in said slot, is free to move along its entirelength, the abutment member consisting of rivet head 4, rivet shank 5,plastic sleeve 6.

In FIGURE 1, my device is shown in position on a door opening andoperating to secure a closure, with hook 2 inserted into a latch-hole inlatch-plate 10, with door 7 closed and sliding abutment member A movedalong slot 3 to a position where it abuts the closure adjacent to thekeeper. (Latch-bolt in door remains in door latch when my invention isused on a closure.) This latchbolt is not shown in the drawings. Jamb 8and trim 9 3,432,199 Patented Mar. 11, 1969 "ice may be of wood ormetal; there is no penetration of either by my invention. When door 7 ishinged at right, swinging to left, plate 1 may be reversed so thatalternate book 2, at the other end of said plate is inserted in thelatch-hole, and closure-securing may be effected as de scribed above.

FIGURE 2 shows the size, shape and positioning of slot 3 in relation toother elements of my device, with 4a representing rivet head 4 stoppedat random point along said slot.

FIGURE 3, an end view, shows how hook(s) 2 extend from side of plate 1on which is found rivet head 4, while balance of sliding abutment memberassembly A, consisting of rivet shank encased in plastic sleeve 6,extends from opposite side of plate 1.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of my invention, a one-piece assembly,without removable parts, of simple, durable construction.

In applying my improved closure-securing device to a door opening, hook2 is first placed in latch-hole in latch striker-plate 10, making surethat slot 3 is in the position of an inverted V. Sliding abutment memberA is then moved in slot 3 to point furthest from the door opening. Thedoor is closed and the sliding abutting member is moved in the slot toabut the door, securingthe door in a closed position.

Having described my invention, what I claim as newand desire, to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A portable door lock for a hingedly-supported door having an edgethereof normally confronting a jamb when said door is in its closedposition, said jamb having a substantially rectangular recess extendinginwardly thereof and confronting an adjacent edge of said door when saiddoor is in its closed position, a latch-plate fixedly secured to saidjamb and having a substantially rectangular aperture extendingtransversely therethrough and confronting said recess, said door lockcomprising a flat plate member having two pairs of parallel ends, withthe ends of one of said pairs having struck-out portions bent to form anapproximate right angle with the plane of said plate and said portionsextending from one side of the plate, a generally inverted V-shaped slotpositioned between said struck-out portions and located centrallythereof, a slidable abutment member positioned in said slot andextending at right angles to said slot and the plane of the platemember, with one end of said abutment member extending further from theother side of the plate than from said one side and forming a grippingand abutting portion, said abutment member being normally positioned inthe end of said slot remote from the door and jamb, and when one of saidstruck-out portions is positioned in said latch-plate aperture and dooris then closed, said abutment member is moved from the remote end ofsaid slot to the other end of the slot thereby abutting said door andsaid latch-plate to hold the door in closed position.

,References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS MARVIN A. CHAMPION, PrimaryExaminer.

EDWARD J. MCCARTHY, Assistant Examiner.

